Sleeve for shirts.



E. H.- A. HABBERT.

SLEEVE FOR SHIRTS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13, 1915.

1,175,750. Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANUGRAPH co WASHINGTON, v c.

ENNO H. AUGUST HABIBERT, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

SLEEVE FOR SHIRTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed January 13, 1915. Serial No. 2,053.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENNo H. A. HABBERT, citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeves for Shirts;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the in The invention comprehends improvements in thedetails of construction and arrangement of parts, which will behereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims. In thedraw1ng:F1gure 1 1s a perspective view of a sleeve of a shirt,illustrating the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view,but illustrating a wristband supporting a cuff. Fig. 3 is a detailsection of a sleeve with the improvement applied.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 indicates a shirt sleeve formed with the usualslit 2, at the cufi' or stiffened outer end, and a fixed cufi 3. Theslit 2, extends from the outer end of the and to about the elbow, andadjacent the edges are facings ff, sewed on the sleeve. The end of oneof the facing strips is pref erably slit at the elbow, as at 5, whilethe opposite end is closed, thus forming a pocket 6. In this pocket is athin fiat stiff strip 7, which maybe rigid or flexible, preferably thelatter. The strip 7, is inserted in the slit 5, and is confined betweenthe opposite end walls of the pocket, as shown in Fig. 3, the slit beinglocated at one side of the end wall, as shown.

The strip 7, may be a permanent part of the shirt sleeve, but forconvenience in laundrying the shirt, the slit is formed in the pocket,so that the strip 7 may be conveniently removed.

l/Vhen the strip is in position, it maintains the cuff in fixed relationto the end of the coat sleeve, hence when the arm bends at the elbow,the strip abuts against the elbow portion of the coat sleeve 8, and theshirt sleeve cannot creep up the arm, independent of the coat sleeve. Byplacing the strip in the position described, the cuff will at all timesbe retained in fixed relation to the coat sleeve irrespective of theposition of the arm.

The attachment is just as effective when a detachable cufi is employed,this application of the invention being shown in Fig. 2.

The improvement holds the cufi in relative position irrespective of themovement of the arm.

What I claim is l. The combination with a garment sleeve formed with astiffened outer end and formed with a pocket extending from thestiffened portion to the elbow of said sleeve, of a stifi strip ofmaterial in the pocket and engaging the end walls of the latter toprevent the sleeve creeping when the arm bends.

2. The combination with a garment sleeve formed with a stifiened outerend and formed with a pocket extending from the stiffened portion to theelbow of said sleeve, the wall of the pocket having a slit to receive astiif flexible strip of material, of a stiff strip of material in thepocket and engaging the end walls of the latter whereby to prevent thesleeve creeping when the arm bends.

3. The combination with a garment sleeve of a strip of stiff materialextending from the elbow portion of said sleeve toward the outer end,whereby to prevent the sleeve creeping when the arm bends.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES V. COFF'EY, BERTRAM P. KAVANAUGH.

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